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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom believed in "sun baths." .[u] Was told by pediatrician to put me, a preemie, in direct sunlight -  outside if possible - to prevent jaundice.  It worked, I guess.  I should add that this was 1967 and we lived in Alabama[/u]

I also recall being gooped up with iodine and baby oil and attempting to tan next to my perpetually tanned (and 1/2 Italian) mom.  I was maybe 6.  That continued, forever until my mom switched us to Hawaiian Tropic (oil) and had me bake in the sun on one of those silver, reflective blankets that were a thing apparently in the summer of '79.

Really, truly, I can say that the only warning I ever got about tanning was not to get sunburned.  Just crazy to think about purposely subjecting a young child with perfect, healthy pale skin to all that sun.

My mom was advised by her country doctor to NOT stop smoking when pregnant with me; he told her that a cigarette a day would help keep her weight down.  [/quote]

They still use light therapy for jaundiced infants.  Both my kids--younger one was put on "light paddles" that you put under the clothes for a week.  My older one (born 2002 in  DC), the pediatrician told me the same thing as yours in 1967.  Take him outside a lot and let him nap in the sunshine by an open window.  :)

FWIW, I had the same when I was born in 1967, but in December in Germany.  Lucky I didn't freeze to death during my "light therapy".   :-) [/quote]

Same for my son, born in DC in 2001.  Lots of sunlight. Cleared up the jaundice really well.

Honestly, we have gone wayyyy too far in the opposite direction.  It drives me crazy watching the parents coat their kids in thick layers of sunscreen for a one hour lacrosse or soccer game. It's ridiculous.  And hour of sun while running around and changing directions and moving all Over a field is GOOD for us.  Gets us the Vitamin D we need for the week.  Plus wearing sunscreen while running around sweating, lets the chemicals from sunscreen get into our pores even more which can't be good.

The sun is very good for us in moderate doses.

- daughter of a skin cancer survivor (multiple melanomas) who grew up on a beach in the 1950s[/quote]

I disagree. I had malignant melanoma in my 20s back when there was little to no treatment for it. Roll your eyes all you want but my kids will always be coated. My kids sporting events were always during the worst time of the day for sun exposure and we are some pale assed people. [/quote]

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